Bill Foster

whether Durbin's bill will have any Senate cosponsors, but a similar bill is being introduced in the House by Rep. BillFoster, D-Naperville. Durbin pushed a similar bill last year applying to medical research, but it failed to pass before

potential rivals have not indicated they plan to focus on it. In addition to Bustos, U.S. Reps. Tammy Duckworth, BillFoster and Robin Kelly all have signaled they may seek the Democratic nomination. "I look at running against his votes," said

nuclear plants to continue to operate." The letter—signatories include Democrats like Mike Quigley, Bobby Rush, BillFoster and Tammy Duckworth, and Republicans such as Randy Hultgren and Bob Dold—says the industry is "in jeopardy if state

the president's actions." The other Republicans were not available for comment, but one Democrat, Naperville's BillFoster, congratulated them, saying they "finally came to their senses after once again taking our government to the brink

bench is deep, with not only Duckworth but other Democratic members of Congress pondering races as well: suburbanites BillFoster and Robin Kelly, and downstater Cheri Bustos. Though some of those would be better candidates than others, all three

would leave an open field, and it could be pretty competitive. Among potential candidates on my list: U.S. Rep. BillFoster, D-Naperville, who has a nicely non-partisan style about him; state Sen. Kwame Raoul, a fast-rising Chicagoan

been spent in the western suburbs, where state Rep. Darlene Senger, a Naperville Republican, is challenging Rep. BillFoster, also from Naperville. He won the district by more than 17 points last time, he's raised far more money this time

So keep that in mind when I tell you that the latest Capitol Fax/We Ask America poll has Democratic Congressman BillFoster ahead of Republican state Rep. Darlene Senger by only 3 points, 47-44, with another 10 percent undecided. The

adventure. Co-signing the letter were U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Chicago, who serves on the House panel that approves FAA's budget, as well as fellow Democrats Tammy Duckworth, BillFoster, Mike Quigley, and Jan Schakowsky.